如梭

rúsuō
phrase #28,602

Meanings

  1. 1 like a shuttle
  2. 2 swiftly (describing fast movement or passing of time)

Examples

Suìyuè rú suō, zhuǎnyǎnjiān háizimen dōu zhǎngdà le.
Time flies like a shuttle — in the blink of an eye, the children have all grown up.
Rìyuè rú suō, shíguāng bù děng rén.
Days and months fly by like a shuttle — time waits for no one.

Tips

culture
(suō) is the weaver's shuttle that darts back and forth on a loom. 如梭 evokes the rapid back-and-forth motion to describe the swift passage of time. The full idiom 如梭 (sun and moon like a shuttle) is very common.

Stroke Order

suō